How to Use debt in a Sentence

debt

noun

• I am deep in debt.
• The company has run up huge debts.
• He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt.
• Their debts are piling up.
• She went into debt to pay for college.
• I'm thousands of dollars in debt.
• He is trying to pay off gambling debts.
• I'm worried that we will fall into debt.
• The company was in debt but is now turning a profit.
• And what better way to spring clean your finances than to sweep away debt?
  — Becca Stanek, The Week, 6 Apr. 2023
• Zambia is on the hook for all of the development with billions of dollars in debt.
  — Chris Megerian, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• Stein has called for abolishing student and medical debt.
  — Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
• Some people may be holding off on treating medical issues because of health care debt.
  — Stephanie Colombini, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Existing equity holders will see their holdings diluted by the issue of new shares to the debt-holders.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 Apr. 2023
• The company burned through nearly $2 billion in cash in the quarter, weakening its balance sheet, which is loaded down with $58 billion in debt.
  — David Koenig and Manuel Valdes, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
• And evidence indicates the existence of these loans can facilitate unhealthy consumer behaviors that can trap people in debt.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Furious at being humiliated, the debt collectors return to seek revenge.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Brookfield, the largest office owner in downtown Los Angeles, that month chose to default on loans on two buildings rather than refinance the debt due to weak demand for office space.
  — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2023
• Last week the airline again delayed a deadline to refinance more than $1 billion in debt until late December, giving it breathing room with its credit card processor.
  — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
• The extension of the six-week-old strike plunges Boeing — which is already deeply in debt and lost another $6.2 billion in the third quarter — into more financial danger.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
• Here are 3 quick ways to get rid of your card debt now.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 July 2024
• By the time Heidi died in April 2010, the couple was deeply in debt.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
• The next day, Ohtani said, Mizuhara told the agent the ballplayer had paid the interpreter’s debt.
  — Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• The courts had been in the process of seizing Acree’s home for the past year over a large debt of unpaid taxes.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
• In the past, politicians at least talked about our debt problem.
  — John Stossel, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
• Joe Biden’s entire agenda on the debt ceiling was to raise it.
  — The Editors, National Review, 8 June 2023
• His idea of debt relief for poor countries was about the future.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2023
• Those debts far exceed the likely value of the property if the bank forced a sale.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
• This comes as Zaslav tries to pare down the company’s debt.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
• For the past year, short-term debt — or Treasury bills — have been about 20% of all outstanding debt.
  — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024